Sunday, October 11, 2026

Today in History - October 12

A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)[1]

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1492 – Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically on San Salvador Island. (Julian calendar)[6]

Recommended reading: Sympathy for the Devil: Columbus Day and Why it Matters - townhall.com

Excerpt from this article: "This hatred for Columbus and the misunderstanding of what it is he did is nothing new. In fact, the earliest criticisms of Columbus were made about a century ago by the old Democratic party institution, the Ku Klux Klan."

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1870 – Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)

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1875 – Aleister Crowley, English magician and author (d. 1947)

Recommended sermons and podcasts: Aleister Crowley - The Beast, by Pastor Mike Hoggard

1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.

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1960 – Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.

Recommended reading: 95 Years Ago, The USSR Was Formed. Let's Look at the Numbers - dailycaller.com

Excerpt from this article: "According to “The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression,” a text considered the standard recollection of the USSR’s atrocities, 20 million perished as a result of Stalin’s targeted killings, forced labor, famine, and collectivization. These numbers were confirmed by a major Soviet newspaper in 1989...An estimate cited by the libertarian magazine Reason puts the total number of people killed because of communism from 1900 to 2000 at a staggering 94 million — making it by far the bloodiest ideology in recent history."

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1970 – Kirk Cameron, American actor, screenwriter, and Christian evangelical/anti-evolution activist[42]

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1984 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds at least 31 others.[16]

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1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten outside of Laramie.

Recommended podcast: Global Warming and Matthew Shepard: Extravagant Lies That Fool Billions, by Pastor Kevin Swanson [2013]

National Day of Remembrance Will Mourn 66 Million Babies Killed in Abortions

National Day of Remembrance Will Mourn 66 Million Babies Killed in Abortions - lifenews.com --------------- Recommended reading:  RFK Jr. c...